====== Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences ======

| [[#date_of_bor_approval|Date of BOR Approval]] |
| [[#program_learning_outcomes|Program Learning Outcomes]] |
| [[#admission_requirements|Admission Requirements]] |
| [[#graduation_requirements|Graduation Requirements]] |
| [[#summary_of_credit_units|Summary of Credit Units]] |
| [[#curriculum_checklist|Curriculum Checklist]] |
| [[#individual_course_titles_and_descriptions_with_credit_units,_pre-requisites_and/or_co-requisites|Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites]] |

As the first graduate program in pharmaceutical sciences in the Philippines, the MS Pharmaceutical Sciences program is dedicated to producing highly skilled and capable graduates who are equipped to excel in the dynamic and rapidly evolving fields of regulatory science, drug discovery and development, and product design and development. Through an innovative and interdisciplinary curriculum, graduates will gain a comprehensive understanding of the scientific and regulatory frameworks that underpin the pharmaceutical industry.\\
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==== Date of BOR Approval (Institution) ====
23 February 2023\\
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==== Program Learning Outcomes ====
At the end of the program, the graduates are expected to:
  - apply necessary skills to effectively manage pharmaceutical industry, academe, and research organizations/institutions;
  - apply the highest ethical and professional standards in academe and practice;
  - conduct research studies [sic] that are responsive to the needs of the society in partnership with pharmaceutical industry, academe, and research organizations/institutions;
  - perform evaluation of compliance with pharmaceutical regulatory requirements; and
  - conduct evidence-based interventions to address the challenges and needs of the product lifecycle.
==== Admission Requirements ====
The admission requirements for the MS Pharmaceutical Science are the following:
  * Graduate of pharmacy, industrial pharmacy, and the related disciplines* *Include, but not limited to, chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology, food technology, nutrition, chemical engineering, and materials engineering
  * GWA of 2.0 or better for non-UP graduates; GWA of 2.5 or better for UP graduate.
  * Must pass the interview of the graduate program committee
  * Pass the required bridge courses or apply for advanced or transfer credits
== Bridge Courses for Graduates of: ==
//BS Pharmaceutical Sciences://
  * No required bridge courses
//BS Industrial Pharmacy//
  * To take one of the following options upon advising
    * Statistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    * Integrated Pharmaceutical Science Laboratory 3
//BS Pharmacy and Graduate of Related Fields//
  * Required courses
    * Pharmaceutical Formulations
    * Quality Assurance of Pharmaceuticals
  * To take one of the following options upon advising
    * Pharmaceutical Validation I
    * Pharmaceutical Validation 2
    * Integrated Pharmaceutical Science Laboratory 3
==== Graduation Requirements ====
  - The student must have presented an original research in a University Graduate Colloquium
  - Submission of an article in publishable format in a reputable peer-reviewed journal
  - Prospective graduates are required to submit six (6) bound copies of the master's thesis.
  - Original copies of duly accomplished UPM-NGOHS Form No. 3 (Completion/Approval Sheet) and UPM-NGOHS Form No. 4 (Certificate of Acceptance) shall be included in each bound copy.
  - Settlement of deficiencies and clearing of records shall not be later than five (5) weeks before the end of the semester.
  - Filing of a formal application for graduation with the respective colleges during the prescribed period
=== Summary of Credit Units ===
^  Category  ^  Credit Units  ^
| Core Courses | 4.0 |
| Major Courses | 12.0 |
| Electives | 8.0 |
| Thesis| 6.0 |
| Total | 30.0 |
=== Curriculum Checklist ===
^  First Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| Pharm Sci 210 | 3.0 | Pharm 296 | 1.0 |
| Pharm Sci 240 | 3.0 | Pharm 299 | 3.0 |
| Pharm Sci 260 | 3.0 | Pharm Sci 220 | 3.0 |
| Elective 1 and Elective 2 | 6.0 | Elective 1 | 2.0 |
| OR Internship | 6.0 | Elective 2 | 2.0 |
|  |  | Elective 3 | 2.0 |
| Total | 12.0- 15.0* | Total | 9.0- 13.0* |

^  Second Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| Pharm Sci 300.1 | 3.0 | Pharm Sci 300.2 | 3.0 |
| Total | 3.0 | Total | 3.0 |

*The total number of electives that the student will take per semester will depend on their discussion with the program adviser. The minimum number of elective units that the student must take is eight (8) units in order to complete the required 30 units of the whole program.

=== Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites ===

==== Major Courses ====
**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 210\\
**Course Title:** Pharmaceutical Risk Management\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Risk management in practice areas of pharmacy. This course will provide students thorough understanding of the risks associated with the manufacturing and use of a medicinal product, including its components. The course will enable students to acquire and practice the skills in effective quality risk management through a proactive approach to identify and control risk during drug development, manufacturing, storage, and distribution.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 220\\
**Course Title:** Business Development in the Pharmaceutical Operations\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Business development in the pharmaceutical/biomedical context; interaction of factors involved in science, technology, intellectual property, business and finance, and the healthcare system. The course covers the role of business development in the pharmaceutical/ biomedical industry, as well as the interaction between science, technology, intellectual property, finance and the business and the health care system. The course further covers how these areas influence business development strategies of pharmaceutical companies.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 240\\
**Course Title:** Regulatory Affairs in Product Development\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Regulatory requirements in the drug development process. This course provides aspects of regulatory and quality compliance as applied to the pharmaceutical industry, pre-clinical, and clinical studies.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 260\\
**Course Title:** Drug Discovery and Design\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles underlying discovery, design, and assessment of synthetic and naturally-derived drugs. This course will help the student develop a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the iterative, intricate process of drug discovery and development from candidate identification and evaluation, new drug approval and its marketing and all requisites essential to it.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 300.1\\
**Course Title:** Thesis Proposal\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Development and defense of a written proposal for thesis\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 300.2\\
**Course Title:** Thesis Implementation\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Pharm Sci 300.1\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Implementation of an approved (technical and ethical) thesis proposal and oral defense of the written thesis. It includes the writing of a research article derived from the thesis in a publishable format.\\
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==== Core Courses ====
**Course Code:** Pharm 296\\
**Course Title:** Graduate Seminar\\
**Credit Units:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Seminar on current developments in the field of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. This course is aimed at enhancing the skills of the students related to critical appraisal of scientific literatures, effective oral and written presentation, and analytical discussion of selected topics in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm 299\\
**Course Title:** Research Methods\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Structured process in the development of the graduate thesis in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences\\
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==== Electives ====
**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 230\\
**Course Title:** Pharmaceutical Quality Audit\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles involved in auditing pharmaceutical quality\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 250\\
**Course Title:** Advanced Validation\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Practical aspects of pharmaceutical validation technology. This course will provide the knowledge and skills required to prepare, implement, and evaluate validation protocols in different aspects of pharmaceutical manufacturing.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 255\\
**Course Title:** Advanced Pharmaceutical Formulation\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Development of pharmaceutical products through Quality-by-Design approach\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 265\\
**Course Title:** Pharmacogenomics and Proteomics\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Influence of genetic variation to drug response and interactions. This course will discuss how genomic variations affect the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile of the drug and predict markers for adverse drug reactions. It will also serve as groundwork for the study of personalized medicine.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 270\\
**Course Title:** Product Quality Review\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Application of the principles of quality review of standards of a drug product. This course will train students in preparing and evaluating Product Quality Review as a source of crucial information in determining potential problems that need corrective and preventive actions, and identifying opportunities for product and process improvement.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 275\\
**Course Title:** Clinical Research\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Fundamentals of Clinical Research. This course will prepare students about the fundamentals of the conduct of clinical trials and pertinent guidelines that underpin clinical research in general.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 285\\
**Course Title:** Trends in Natural Product Analysis\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Advances in the study of natural products and their methods of analysis. This course provides an in-depth discussion of the methods and advances in the separation and analysis of natural products. The course also discusses other relevant topics such as biodiversity, biosourcing and bioprospecting, good agricultural practices, and drug-herb interactions.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 290\\
**Course Title:** Drug Transport and Delivery\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Drug transporters and their roles in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 294\\
**Course Title:** Internship for Pharmaceutical Sciences\\
**Credit Units:** 6.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Project-based internship in pharmaceutical sciences. In this course, the student is exposed to the workplace where he/she can observe the work setting for experiential learning, at the same time, being able to see the persistent and pertinent problems present in the internship site, thus, giving the student an opportunity to apply his/her training by identifying and proposing relevant, economic, and pragmatic solutions for the internship site.\\
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**Course Code:** Pharm Sci 295.1\\
**Course Title:** Advanced Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** One relevant 3-unit elective course\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Supervised laboratory application of pharmaceutical sciences courses. This course provides opportunity for application of knowledge and skills gained from different courses in pharmaceutical sciences through conduct of laboratory activities and/or implementation of projects that will address issues in the organization.\\
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